Michael Lampkowski

Michael Stanley Lampkowski

Personal information
Full name	Michael Stanley Lampkowski
Nickname	Mike
Born	4 January 1953 (1953-01-04) (age 58) Scunthorpe, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position	Scrum-half
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤02/1978–≤02/1978	Headingley
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤1976–≥1976	England	4	1			4
Rugby league
Position	Scrum-half/Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≤02/1978–≥1983	Wakefield Trinity

Michael "Mike" Stanley Lampkowski (born 4 January 1953 (1953-01-04) (age 58) in Scunthorpe) is an English former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s who at representative level has played rugby union (RU) for England, and at club level for Headingley, playing at Scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and at club level has played rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity, playing at Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7.

International honours

Mike Lampkowski made his international rugby union début, and scored a try, in England's 23-6 victory over Australia at Twickenham, London on 3 January 1976. see List of England national rugby union team - Results 1976. He played three further rugby union internationals, in the 1976 Five Nations Championship against Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

Challenge Cup final appearances

Mike Lampkowski played Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7 in Wakefield Trinity’s 3-12 defeat to Widnes in the 1978–79 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 5 May 1979.^[1]

Medical Procedures

Mike Lampkowski was recognised as one of the hardest and bravest players ever to don a Trinity shirt and, after an accident was one of the first players to undergo surgery to replace his knee ligament with a dacron-fibre ligament - a technique which was developed in Japan by Dr. Keiō who came to Harrogate to perform the operation on Mike after being referred by the Club specialist Mr. John Anderson who was based at Middlesbrough General Hospital and who had already performed the operation on another Trinity Player with success. Such was the interest that Dr. Graeme Garden - aka one of 'The Goodies' - presented a series of programmes on new medical techniques and Mike was one of his guests and discussed the procedure on BBC Television. Without the operation it was almost certain that Mike's playing career would have been ended, but he came back and played again with success. Since that time a number of other players of various sports have benefitted - particularly using the fibre ligament on troublesome shoulders where the original tissue stretches too much and often springs the shoulder bone out of it's socket. In that respect Michael's guts and contribution has been invaluable^[2]

References

1. ^ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1 85983 429 9
2. ^ Former Secretary/Manager of Wakefield Trinity RLFC at that time and whose signature is on Michael's contract when he turned to Professional Rugby League

External links

• Mike Lampkowski Interview
• Profile at scrum.com
• Search for "Lampkowski" at rugbyleagueproject.org

Persondata
Name	Lampkowski, Michael
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	4 January 1953
Place of birth	Scunthorpe
Date of death
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